"Europe's restrictive gun laws may make the American pro-gun lobby recoil like a blunderbuss, but European governments hardly care. They maintain that limiting gun ownership to hunters, collectors and gun-club members has helped keep firearm homicide rates much lower than those of the U.S."

"According to figures recently compiled by the British Home Office, the European Union's average homicide rate per 100,000 people in 1997-99 was 1.7, compared to 6.26 in the U.S. — and 20.52 in Russia."

--The preposterous LA Times can't fathom any wisdom in bucking ridiculous gun ban laws (such as Chicago's). But at least the story is there, and even though this writer seems incredulous, the logic of John Birch makes it past the author's words.

Louis Wein shares our values. He has the courage to be politically incorrect in an age when most politicians, especially Republicans, only mouth the words but don’t have the guts to stand up for what they know is right.

"HB493, a measure to allow Sunday hunting, has been approved by both the Senate and the House and awaits Governor Bob Taft's (R) signature. Contact Governor Taft at (614) 466-3555 and encourage him to sign this bill enabling hunters to participate in the hunting tradition on Sundays."

"Senator Jim Seward (R-50) has introduced S2458, which would protect firearm manufacturers from reckless lawsuits seeking to hold the industry responsible for the criminal misuse of firearms, as well as S7088, which would prohibit counties and other municipalities from regulating hunting, trapping, or fishing."

"On Tuesday, May 14, the Delaware Senate will consider SB190. This legislation would mandate that all handguns sold or transferred by a licensed gun dealer be accompanied by a trigger-locking device. It would also ban the sale or transfer of all handguns that are not equipped with a so-called "integrated mechanical safety device" after January 1, 2003."

"Imagine a state in which you must register your name and address with the authorities, just so they can find you in case you break the law. In an age when bills vaunting protections for privacy abound, and when surveys of consumers rank privacy as a top concern, could that happen here? It is already happening. When we rely on the federal government to solve our problems, we invite it to intrude upon our privacy. We are asking Big Brother to come in and make himself at home."

"SB1008, Arizona's Range Protection bill, has been passed out of the House of Representatives and awaits Senate concurrence. Please contact your Senator and urge him to support SB1008. You can call your Senator at (800) 352-8404, or e-mail using the "Write Your Reps" feature."

"HB2329, the "Crime Gun Interdiction" bill, is awaiting consideration in the Senate. This legislation is aimed at law-abiding gun owners, while doing nothing to target violent criminals."

"With the legislature's most controversial gun bill slipping from their sights, pro-gun groups unleashed a new phone and e-mail campaign this weekend in a last-ditch effort to save the measure. The effort began Friday after it became apparent that a "shall-issue" concealed-handgun permit bill was about to become history. Until then, the gun lobby seemed relatively confident that its side would prevail."

"Gregory Spencer, Mississippi County’s community gun violence prosecutor, is in place and ready to go. “I am personally looking forward to serving the fine people of Mississippi County and look forward to developing lasting relationships with the community,” Spencer said. “Ultimately I want people to feel safe in their homes and walking down the streets of their neighborhoods.”

"German politicians are tentatively moving to tighten the country's gun laws after the shock of the events in Erfurt on April 26, when a 19-year-old expelled student returned to his old high school and killed 16 people before committing suicide."

"According to Monday's edition of the newsmagazine Der Spiegel, German Interior Minister Otto Schily has drafted a seven-point program which contains a proposal to increase the minimum age for acquiring firearms for sporting use from 18 to 21."

"Within the next 60 days, the department will have a new $21,783 computer system on board that will benefit both applicants and the department, according to county Sheriff John P. Durante."

"One of the benefits of the new system is that it will enable the office to take a picture of the applicant and immediately mount it on the plastic permit, which enables a person to carry a concealed weapon."

"The Libertarian Party says President George W. Bush, not the anti-gun liberals in his administration, is directly responsible for why America's commercial airline pilots remain defenseless against terrorists."

"The president puts whoever he wants in cabinet agencies and they answer to him," said Libertarian Party spokesman George Getz.

"A Labour former minister is calling for all police officers in Britain to be armed with a gun to crack down on violent crime."

"Tony Banks, who was mugged at knife-point near his home in east London two years ago, insists the majority of people across Britain wants officers on the beat to be armed. "It works in other countries. It is a fact in other countries," the ex-sports minister and MP for West Ham says."

Pim Fortuyn, whose party got 35% of the vote in recent elections, was killed today as he left an interview. A gunman got into the "secure" area where his limo was parked and shot him 6 times in the head and neck... then apparently escaped.

"In an interview last week, Fortuyn expressed fears that he could be the victim of an attack and said he had received threats... Fortuyn did use private bodyguards, though he could not afford constant security."

"The Non-profits had let their yearly fees pass and where no longer registered as official non-profits in Minnesota. The Minnesota Gun Owners Civil Rights Alliance (GOCRA) decided to apply for the names as subsidiary groups of their organization. Now Minnesota's "Citizens For a Safer minnesota" can truly state they are trying to make minnesota safer, by arming responsible adults and encouraging CCW passage."

"I am an unlikely supporter of the National Rifle Association and similar groups. I've not fired a gun in more than 40 years. I dislike hunting intensely and believe all firearms to be symbols of a violent society. But I am also a very practical human being."

"I supported the Texas law that allowed concealed handguns. I believe strongly in the literal interpretation of the Second Amendment guaranteeing private ownership of guns." - Allan Saxe

"It's been a little more than a year since the last mass school shooting shook the country, but area school and police officials say that's no excuse to back off a zero tolerance policy." - TARA REILLY

"Members of Operation/PUSH Coalition in Chicago began a series of rallies against suburban gun shops Saturday at Chuck's Gun Shop and Pistol Range in Riverdale.Coalition leaders said gun shops are contributing to high crime rates in Chicago by selling handguns to Chicago residents even though handguns are prohibited in Chicago."

"John Riggio, manager of Chuck's Gun Shop, said it is not his job to regulate the behavior of people after they leave his store. Chicago residents are required to sign a form showing they have read and understood the Chicago ordinance prohibiting handguns."

"State Senator Cheryl A. Jacques (D-MA) has been a leader on public safety issues in the Massachusetts Legislature. Senator Jacques led a five-year campaign and helped pass the toughest gun control law in the country. She passed a Victims Bill of Rights, reformed the State's arrest warrant management system to crack down on wanted fugitives, and authored landmark legislation to protect children from domestic violence."

"Lloyd Garver thinks the NRA just doesn't get it. ... they took credit for George W. Bush's 2000 election. When the president read the newspaper headline, "Bush Owes Presidency to NRA, NRA Says," the sound we heard coming from the White House was, "Shhh, not so loud!"

"The NRA can't take a hint. They're like a teenage boy who keeps telling everyone that he's dating the head cheerleader, even though she keeps telling everyone that she wants nothing to do with him."

"Have a gun in the house? Have children in the house? Then please keep tabs on both."

"Over the course of the last few weeks, four incidents involving guns and minors have been investigated in three schools and one child-care setting. While it is rare that such incidents occur so closely together, and the combined total represents a fraction of a percent of gun owners, the events warrant a reminder to parents and all gun owners to exercise some vigilance." - Opinion of The Salt Lake Tribune

"A Stevens County sheriff's deputy and a reserve deputy were arrested Friday on charges that they shot two Suncrest homes with a machine gun."

"Deputy Will Clark, 29, was arrested at 4:20 p.m. on suspicion of reckless endangerment, obstructing law enforcement officers and possession of an illegal weapon. Reserve Deputy Brian Cravens was arrested at 6 p.m. on suspicion of reckless endangerment and possession of an unlawful weapon."

"The Bush administration's resistance to allowing guns in airline cockpits is frustrating to the 75% of pilots who wish to arm themselves. They wonder why people who are entrusted with the equivalent of a flying bomb are deemed untrustworthy to carry a handgun."

"It's a good question, and the administration has not properly answered it."

"Congress, this week, revisited one of the recurring topics raised during last week’s Annual Meetings—the idea of allowing properly trained flight crew on commercial aircraft to be permitted to carry firearms to defend their aircraft. U.S. Representatives John Mica (R-Fla.) and Don Young (R-Alas.) recently introduced H.R.4635, which seeks to establish a training program for arming flight crew"

"What's behind the massacres in Germany, France and Switzerland?" BY JOHN R. LOTT JR.

"Sixteen people were killed during last week's school shooting in Germany. This follows the killing of 14 regional legislators in Zug, a Swiss canton, last September, and the massacre of eight city council members in a Paris suburb last month. The three worst public shootings in the Western world during the past year all occurred in Europe, whose gun laws are exactly what gun-control advocates want the U.S. to adopt. Indeed, all three occurred in gun-free "safe zones."

Gun control? It's the best thing you can do for crooks and gangsters. I want you to have nothing. If I'm a bad guy, I'm always gonna have a gun. Safety locks? You will pull the trigger with a lock on, and I'll pull the trigger. We'll see who wins. — Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, whose testimony convicted John Gotti.

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